Analysis of flowfields over four-engine DC-X rockets

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 620-627

  Wang, Ten See ^a,b   Cornelison, Joni ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; SUBSONIC FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

FLOWFIELDS ANALYSIS;

ROCKETS;

EID: 0031224678     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3279     Document Type: Article

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